Saana-Maria Sinisalo
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Born | Åland, Finland | 29 January 1971||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Para archery | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Disability | Ehlers-Danlos syndrome | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Saana-Maria Katarina Sinisalo (born 29 January 1971) is a Finnish Paralympic archer who competes in international archery competitions. She has competed at the 2012 Summer Paralympics and has also competed at the Island Games.[1][2][3]
In 2012, Sinisalo was the first sportswoman in para-sports to be featured on Finnish stamps as part of the 2012 Disability Sports stamp series which also featured other Paralympians, including blind judoka Jani Kallunki and Finnish wheelchair racer Leo-Pekka Tähti. She was the first woman to feature on Finnish stamps since 1994 when female skiers Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi and Marjo Matikainen's joint stamp was issued. Since then, there has been no other para sportspeople featured on Finnish stamps.[4][5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Saana-Maria's arrows go at 190km/h (in Swedish)". nyan.ax. 24 January 2011.
- ^ "Saana-Maria Sinisalo - World Archery". World Archery. 3 July 2025.
- ^ "Saana-Maria Sinisalo - IPC Profile". International Paralympic Committee. 3 July 2025.
- ^ "History of the stamp (in Finnish)". Postimuseo. 25 October 2014.
- ^ "Finnish athletes to be portrayed on stamps". World Para Athletics. 11 April 2012.